Automated browsing system for publishers and users on networks serving internet and remote devices
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for displaying on a user'"'"'s computer, content derived from a plurality of resources in an organized arrangement comprising the steps of:
- creating a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources;
without requiring user input, automatically accessing a plurality of said resources each of said resources identified by each of said nodes; and
displaying a content corresponding to each of said resources automatically in accordance with said show structure, wherein said step of creating further comprises the step of providing an interactively variable duration information, representing the duration within which a corresponding content to said resource is being displayed so as to enable a user to vary said duration.
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Abstract
A method of sequencing and scheduling web resources, via a software application that collects URLs and feeds them to a Web browser, so that the amount of clicks and decisions are reduced when browsing the Internet. The method begins after a computer user with Net-access encounters a URL that leads to a collection of other URLs that the software application has arranged to be presented in a continuous, show manner. This collection of resources then plays automatically, going from one resource to the next without the user being required to make a decision or click. The decision-making process is not inhibited, it is made optional. A method of inserting full-screen advertising, public service announcements, news, etc. has been developed. The server software application module described herein allows a publisher to stream URLs to a user who does not have the client-side software. The publishing module allows a user to format resources to a particularly desirable size and characteristic that promotes readability during a show viewing session. This same module can publish collections of nodes for others to view as a whole sequence, accessible via e-mail, screen saver or as a web resource.
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64 Claims
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1. A method for displaying on a user'"'"'s computer, content derived from a plurality of resources in an organized arrangement comprising the steps of:
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creating a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources; without requiring user input, automatically accessing a plurality of said resources each of said resources identified by each of said nodes; and displaying a content corresponding to each of said resources automatically in accordance with said show structure, wherein said step of creating further comprises the step of providing an interactively variable duration information, representing the duration within which a corresponding content to said resource is being displayed so as to enable a user to vary said duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for displaying in a sequential arrangement on a user'"'"'s terminal display, content derived via a communications network from a plurality of resources the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying at least one resource from a plurality of accessible resources via said communications network, wherein each of said resources is associated with a corresponding icon displayed on a first section of said user'"'"'s terminal; creating a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a corresponding resource by recording a sequence of said resources by dragging and dropping said icons on a second section of said user'"'"'s terminal; without requiring user input, automatically accessing each of said resources identified by each of said nodes in accordance with said show structure; automatically retrieving a content corresponding to each of said accessed resources; and displaying each of said retrieved contents automatically in accordance with said show structure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for transmitting in a sequential arrangement to a user'"'"'s computer, content derived via a communications network from a plurality of resources the method comprising the steps of:
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performing an on-line search, in response to which a plurality of search results and their corresponding URL resources are received; automatically creating and storing a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources via said communications network wherein said show structure is created in response to said search results received in response to said on-line search; without requiring user input accessing each of said resources identified by each of said nodes; retrieving a content corresponding to each of said accessed resources; and automatically delivering said content to said user for display on said user'"'"'s computer in accordance with said show structure. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for displaying on a user'"'"'s computer, content derived from a plurality of resources in an organized arrangement comprising the steps of:
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creating a multidimensional show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources; without requiring user input accessing each of said resources identified by each of said nodes wherein at least two of said nodes are spanned concurrently; automatically displaying a content corresponding to each of said resources in accordance with said show structure, wherein contents of said at least two nodes are displayed during an overlapping time period. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A method for displaying in a sequential arrangement to a user'"'"'s computer, content derived via a communications network from a plurality of resources the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a category from a predefined list of categories; performing an on-line search related to said selected category, in response to which a plurality of search results and their corresponding URL resources are received; automatically creating and storing a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources via said communications network wherein said show structure is created in response to said search results received in response to said on-line search; without requiring user input retrieving each of said resources identified by each of said nodes; and automatically delivering said content to said user for display on said user'"'"'s computer in accordance with said show structure. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for transmitting in a sequential arrangement to a user'"'"'s computer, content derived via a communications network from a plurality of resources the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a user profile by specifying a plurality of user preferences; conducting an online search to locate a plurality of of web pages and their associated URL addresses corresponding to said user profile; without requiring user input retrieving each of said web pages located by said search; and automatically delivering said content to said user for display on said user'"'"'s computer in accordance with said show structure. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An automated content displayer which is used to sequentially present, to a remote user, information content derived from selected websites, comprising:
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means for storing at least one list of websites, each website of said at least one list having a corresponding address and an amount of time for which information content from said website is to be displayed to said remote user; means for receiving from said remote user a selection of said list; means, responsive to said selection of said list, for automatically retrieving information content from the websites in said list, without a user input; means, for automatically providing the retrieved information content to said remote user; means, for caching and queuing content from subsequent websites within said list, while a content corresponding to a current website is being displayed; and a timer for controlling the duration that said information content is displayed to said user in accordance with the stored amount of time and for determining a time for retrieving information content corresponding to a next item in the list, wherein said duration that said information content is displayed is also interactively variable so as to enable a user to vary said duration. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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